BlizzCon 2013 is off to a huge start with tons of news. World of Warcraft's next expansion, Warlords of Draenor, was announced and there's about to be a detailed panel explaining what's next. We'll be liveblogging that as well as covering all the information it brings! For now, though, we have the press pack to share with you and everything we've learned so far.

BlizzCon Contests

Liveblog

12:33 Garrosh is put on trial, but before he can receive a verdict--he escapes. He has a new friend who can bend time.12:34 Garrosh hates the Horde and everything it stands for. He also hates the Alliance. So he decides to go back to the place in time that he likes. His intent is to redeem Orcs and purify the Horde as a whole. The most critical element of his mission is to stop the definitive moment: stopping Orcs from drinking the blood of Mannoroth. 12:36 This is a brutal harsh world and fun from the bones of it, Garrosh will make an army to inact revenge.12:37 Garrosh facciliates the story telling, but this is

We have our team at BlizzCon down in Anaheim and some of us are watching the stream at home. We're bringing you the latest and liveblogging the opening ceremony plus the World of Warcraft, Diablo III, Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm panels. Be ready to hear tons of news about your favorite titles. We know that there will be a new WoW expansion, a new D3 expansion, and even a brand new game!

Make sure to join in the discussion here in this post as if you're watching along on the stream! We're even holding an awesome contest!

BlizzCon 2013 Contest

Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2013 post is entering you to win prizes like Tyrael's Hilt. Read more here--we have dozens of amazing prizes to give out all weekend.

Liveblog 2013

11:04 Morhaime‎ takes the stage to deliver his opening speech.11:09 Promotional video for eSports begins, no major news announced yet.11:10 People will be able to check out the D3 expansion. News we already know is being covered: auction house will be removed, it was a large failure.11:12 World of Warcraft expansion and movie will be announced.11:15 [url=ht

BlizzCon 2013 is upon us and what would it be without a huge giveaway?

Okay, we get it, it'd still be pretty epic. It's BlizzCon after all. But we have a bunch of prizes to give out anyway to add to the awesome! For the weekend of BlizzCon and the following days after, we're giving away dozens of prizes--from the rarest pet of them all Tyrael's Hilt to pairs of GUNNAR glasses, we've got lots to give to our amazing community.

The best part? It's easy to enter. All you have to do is leave quality comments on BlizzCon 2013 coverage posts to be entered to win free loot.

BlizzCon 2013 is soon. Really soon, in fact. And we're not sure if you guys know this or not, but we're having a party.

A huge party.

From 5pm to 11pm on Thursday, Nov 7th we're hosting a party with WoW Insider at the Anabella Hotel's Tangerine Grill & Patio that anyone in the area can attend. It's super close-by to BlizzCon--about a block away and easy to get to by foot. Admission is free and you don't need to be attending the con to come to our party!

There will be awesome sponsors, tons of prizes, and tons of well-known World of Warcraft faces including some Blizzard staff, popular streamers, and podcasters--and of course, staff from Wowhead and WoW Insider.

We've even got GUNNAR hosting a photobooth where you'll be able to take your photo with some Azeroth-inspired weapons, and bars with special Horde and Alliance mixed drinks. Plan to get there early, because we'll have some extra giveaways and maybe even swag for earlybirds.

If you can't come, we'll be streaming the party live on Thursday with Gary Gannon and the rest of the Gamebreaker.tv crew!

BlizzCon is very soon and we've got some great coverage planned, but we've been also spending a lot of time on new site features that we're very excited to share with you!

Hearthhead Front Page, Streams, Guides

Our front page got upgraded from Basic to Golden with a new layout this weekend. All of our tools are now easily accessible from the front page, as well as a list of recent forum topics and Hearthstone blue posts. We've even added a new feature--Player Streams. Now you can browse a list of popular Twitch streams and watch them on Hearthhead.

We've also added some new features to our popular guide section. If you're looking for a guide, that got easier with a new main page for Guides and a new Card Count filter section where you can specify the number of cards of a certain quality, set, and type.

We've also added some things to player guides:New About the Author section displays other guides written by the same person and s